La Falaise

Yvelines · CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise · INSEE 78230

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink.

Few services 20.7/100 · confidence: high· Better served than 21 % of the {n|commune|communes} of a similar size.

Identity

La Falaise (INSEE 78230) is in Yvelines (78), part of CU Grand Paris Seine et Oise. Population 609 (2023). ^[1]

INSEE density class: Ceintures urbaines (level 4). ^[2]

Data vintages: INSEE BPE 2025 · INSEE SIRENE 2026-09 · INSEE census (RP) 2023 · INSEE COG 2026 · INSEE density grid 2026.

Permanent link: https://vivantrural.com/en/fr/78230-la-falaise

Vitality score

Vitality score 20.7/100 — Few services (model fr-v0.2).

Confidence: high.

Better served than 21 % of the 16,993 communes of a similar size.

Compare this with communes of a similar size. The score measures how well a place is served relative to its own size band, and larger communes score higher as a rule — so it reads meaningfully against another village, and misleadingly against a town.

Measured but not scored in this model: Market. See the methodology for why.

Component	Value (0–1)	Weight	Contribution
Daily food	0	25	0
Social	0	20	0
Education	0.63	10	6.32
Health	0	10	0
Public & culture	0	5	0
Population trend	0.64	10	6.45
Housing mix	0.96	5	4.82

Services

What is here, at a glance

Food 0 of 6

Eating out 0 of 1

Cafés and bars 0 of 1

Schools 1 of 3

Health 0 of 4

Public services 0 of 1

Culture 0 of 2

Sport 0 of 2

Everyday services 1 of 3

Lodging 0 of 2

One square per service type, shaded by how many: none, one, a few, five or more. A blank square means none was counted — the sources do not distinguish “none here” from “not counted”.

A school, but no food shop and nowhere to eat or drink. ^[3,4]

1 × Primary school (élémentaire) (ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES 3 TILLEULS). ^[3]

3 × Hairdresser (SLG COIFFURE ET CREATION · NEZEL O NATUREL). ^[3,4]

Not found in the commune: Bakery (boulangerie), Butcher (boucherie), Grocery (épicerie / supérette), Supermarket, Restaurant, Café / bar, Nursery school (maternelle), GP (médecin généraliste), Pharmacy, Post office / agence postale, Library. ^[3,4]

All 25 service types, with per-source counts

Type	Count	Names	Sources
Bakery (boulangerie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Butcher (boucherie)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Grocery (épicerie / supérette)	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Supermarket	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Cheese shop (fromagerie)	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Fishmonger	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Restaurant	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Café / bar	0		INSEE SIRENE 0 [4]
Nursery school (maternelle)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Primary school (élémentaire)	1	ECOLE PRIMAIRE LES 3 TILLEULS	INSEE BPE 1 [3]
Collège	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
GP (médecin généraliste)	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Pharmacy	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Nurse	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Dentist	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Post office / agence postale	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Library	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Cinema	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Gym / sports hall	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Swimming pool	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Bank	0		INSEE BPE 0 [3]
Hairdresser	3	SLG COIFFURE ET CREATION · NEZEL O NATUREL	INSEE BPE 3 / INSEE SIRENE 2 [3,4]
Fuel station	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Hotel	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]
Campsite	0		INSEE BPE 0 / INSEE SIRENE 0 [3,4]

Market and village life

Market day: unknown — nothing found in the datasets or on the commune website.

Trajectory

1968: 430 peak 2007: 617 2023: 609 axis from zero, so the slope compares with any other commune

Population 596 (2012) → 609 (2023): 2.2 % over 10 years. ^[5,1]

Population 532 (1990) → 609 (2023): 14.5 % over 30 years. ^[6,1]

Dwellings (2023): 272, of which 1.8 % second homes and 8.1 % vacant. ^[7]

Access and surroundings

Which way the everyday services lie

In the commune Bakery, Food shop, Primary school GP — 1.6 km NEPharmacy — 2.2 km NE Straight-line, from the mairie, in the direction given. Services in the same town share a spoke. Distance is not travel time: a pass or an estuary can double it.

Bakery (Nézel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

Food shop (Nézel): 0.2 km to the east (straight line). ^[8]

GP (Aubergenville): 1.6 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Pharmacy (Aubergenville): 2.2 km to the north-east (straight line). ^[9]

Primary school (La Falaise): 0.1 km to the south (straight line). ^[10]

Climate

Where this sits nationally

Days at or above 30 °C 20.1

Days at or below 0 °C 50.5

Muggy days a summer 1

Each track runs from the 5th to the 95th percentile of the 34,141 communes with that measurement; the tick is the median. A value beyond either end sits at the end and is marked ▸.

An average of 20 days a year at or above 30 °C and 51 days at or below 0 °C, over 30 complete years in 1995–2024. ^[11]

Measured at the MAULE weather station, 4.5 km away at 33 m; the village itself is at 25 m. ^[11]

Muggy days — a dew point at or above 18 °C — average 1 day a summer. ^[11]

Humidity measured at CHAPET, 7.1 km away at 42 m, over 21 summers. ^[11]

An average of 679 mm of rain a year, spread over 118 days — about 5.8 mm on a day it rains. ^[11]

Rainfall measured at MAULE, 4.5 km away at 33 m. Rainfall is not adjusted for altitude: unlike temperature it has no simple gradient to correct by. ^[11]

Uncertainties

No specific uncertainties flagged.

References

INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78230/2023
INSEE density grid 2026
INSEE BPE 2025
INSEE SIRENE 2026-09
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78230/2012
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78230/1990
INSEE census (RP) 2023 — 78230/logement/2023
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78451
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78029
INSEE BPE 2025 — 78230
Météo-France daily climatology 1995-2024

Villages like this one

Matched on size, density, second homes and which everyday shops and services are present — not on the score, so a village of the same kind that is doing better or worse shows up rather than being hidden.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Drouvin-le-Marais	62	182 km N	622	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Areines	41	138 km SW	572	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mondrainville	14	173 km W	594	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Ramillies	59	174 km NE	579	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Willerval	62	173 km NE	660	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Courbouzon	39	376 km SE	579	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

Order by distance instead

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Areines	41	138 km SW	572	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Mondrainville	14	173 km W	594	25.1	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 62 % · winter 69 % · humidity 100 %
Willerval	62	173 km NE	660	20.2	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 74 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Ramillies	59	174 km NE	579	20.6	Few services	Cooler summers, similar winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 69 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Drouvin-le-Marais	62	182 km N	622	25	Few services	Cooler summers and milder winters.Summers feel about as humid.summer 67 % · winter 82 % · humidity 100 %
Courbouzon	39	376 km SE	579	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %

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…and in much the same climate

The same match on size and services, narrowed to communes whose summers, winters and summer humidity are all close to La Falaise's. All three are required, so this section is absent for the 11.8 % of communes with no humidity station near enough to measure: two temperature axes alone cannot tell a muggy coast from a dry one.

Commune	Dept	Distance	Population	Score	Band	Climate vs here
Areines	41	138 km SW	572	19.4	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 97 % · winter 93 % · humidity 100 %
Courbouzon	39	376 km SE	579	19.9	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 99 % · humidity 86 %
Corent	63	379 km S	799	24.5	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 95 % · winter 91 % · humidity 93 %
Poincy	77	81 km E	797	33.4	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 92 % · winter 95 % · humidity 100 %
Coin-lès-Cuvry	57	316 km E	824	31.6	Few services	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 90 % · winter 89 % · humidity 100 %
Chepy	51	190 km E	462	15.1	No daily shops	Much the same temperatures.Summers feel about as humid.summer 87 % · winter 99 % · humidity 93 %

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